“James is a machine,” Curtis Davies told Stadium Astro about James Milner who he played with at Aston Villa over a decade ago.
"He can run like the wind, he’s strong as anything, so when he goes to the gym he can work really hard and recover well.
“Whereas other players might not have that recovery, so they feel they want to conserve their energy to make sure when they get onto the matchday pitch they are giving everything and still performing.
“If I had two comparisons in one squad, Ashley Young never went in the gym and James Milner went in the gym and they both had comparable careers in terms of one went to Manchester United, one went to Manchester City and they both won league titles.”
Last week, James Milner turned 35 years old and if you ever needed a reminder about how long he's been in football, the FA Cup game against Aston Villa was just that.
He shows few signs of slowing down, either: all in all, he's made 17 appearances this season, and that is despite an injury that sidelined him for 3 weeks in December.
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